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Hi,

Please could you suggest which hi-fi magazines are most useful to help short-list kit?

I've always found the hifi pages at the back of Gramophone to be the
most trustworthy.

I've always found the hifi pages at the back of Gramophone to be the
most trustworthy.

Me too,

Hifi World, for me at least, seems one of the sanest around.

Their opinions about kit seem the most sensible and consistent over
time that I have read.

Regards

David

David Houpt wrote:
I've always found the hifi pages at the back of Gramophone to be the
most trustworthy.

Me too,

Hifi World, for me at least, seems one of the sanest around.

Their opinions about kit seem the most sensible and consistent over
time that I have read.


One man, one dog. And LJK Setright.

In message , Triffid
writes
David Houpt wrote:
I've always found the hifi pages at the back of Gramophone to be the
most trustworthy.

Me too,

Hifi World, for me at least, seems one of the sanest around.

Their opinions about kit seem the most sensible and consistent over
time that I have read.


One man, one dog. And LJK Setright.



LKJ Setright? I thought he was the classic eccentric English motoring
journalist.

(Didn't even know he was still alive!)
--
Chris Morriss

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:30:02 +0100, Chris Morriss
wrote:

LKJ Setright? I thought he was the classic eccentric English motoring
journalist.

(Didn't even know he was still alive!)

He is, and still writing (excellently) for Car magazine.

--
Anthony Edwards

Anthony Edwards wrote:

LKJ Setright? I thought he was the classic eccentric English
motoring journalist.

(Didn't even know he was still alive!)

He is, and still writing (excellently) for Car magazine.

Hardly ever these days. He made a guest appearance last month but, other
than that, I haven't seen him in Car for some years now

Stimpy wrote:
Anthony Edwards wrote:

LKJ Setright? I thought he was the classic eccentric English
motoring journalist.

(Didn't even know he was still alive!)

He is, and still writing (excellently) for Car magazine.

Hardly ever these days. He made a guest appearance last month but,
other than that, I haven't seen him in Car for some years now

Hey! I knew him from Bike, 30 years ago. No-ones more surprised than me to
still see him alive, let alone coherent!

Hifi mags don't rank componants anymore - they depend too much on advertising.
therefore you can't expect them to even give you a straight answer to "Rank A,
B and C for sound quality". HiFi plus avoids it completely. HiFi News used to
use Collums rankings which were better than nothing. What HiFi ranks stuff on
'value for money plus looks plus sound plus the price of cheese times k' No
better. There are annual awards but, well, what did they ever tell you. Most
reviewers don't even list the valves and type of circuit used. Of course they
do inform us of helpful things like gold plated phono sockets. When did you
last see any that weren't? And of course three or four paragraphs about
favourite bits of their favourite artists on their favourite CDs.

=== Andy Evans ===
Visit our Website:- http://www.artsandmedia.com
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On 14 Apr 2004 23:27:57 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

And of course three or four paragraphs about
favourite bits of their favourite artists on their favourite CDs.

I find that amusing.

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 19:31:39 -0400, Kalman Rubinson
wrote:

On 14 Apr 2004 23:27:57 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

And of course three or four paragraphs about
favourite bits of their favourite artists on their favourite CDs.

I find that amusing.

Ooops. I did not mean to send that message.

Since I did, I guess I should explain. I have gotten many letters
from readers saying how much they appreciated the description of my
"favourite bits." Some liked the introduction to music they had not
known while some liked the opportunity to listen to the same selection
and see if they could validate what I said. It is a useful method of
describing what I hear. Doesn't work for everyone, I guess, but no
one has yet written to say they don't like it.

Kal